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Dementia – Tilly Leahy @ galleryeight
Sydney local and COFA 2011 graduate Tilly Leahy opened her latest exhibition at galleryeight last Friday night. There was something undeniably beautiful and devastating about the collection of portraits focusing on her grandmother’s struggle with dementia.
Posted in Opening (old) | Comments OffPretty Ugly – Esjay + Toby&Pete @ Lo-Fi
Toby&Pete
Pretty Ugly at Lo-Fi last week was a collab exhibition of paintings, prints and sculptures by Esjay and Toby&Pete. The gallery was dark, the beer was cold, and the art was different: just how we like it. The show was strong as a whole, but from a distance the paintings by Esjay really jumped maniacally off the wall. While Esjay brought strong graphic paintings, this was tempered by Toby&Pete who brought subtler and more detailed prints.
The atmosphere was part of the brilliance of this show. The darkness of the room broken only by the spotlighted artworks and surreal installations.
Posted in Opening (old) | Comments OffWashed Away – Koyzndan @ Outré
The Flooding of the Prinsengracht (detail) - Kozyndan, digital print
Outré Gallery is proud to present “Washed Away” by Kosy and Dan… aka Kozyndan. We can’t help but think their work is like a “Where’s Walley” for grown-ups. The depth, humour and detail in the duo’s work is just brilliant.
Posted in Opening (old) | Comments OffOh My Goodness My Gocco 2 @ Sweets Workshop
Burro Guidance - Ghost Patrol
Maybe we’re just not as hip as we’d hoped, but when we read that Sweets Workshop was putting on a show of Gocco prints we had no idea what the hell that meant. If you’re thinking something similar, let us now enlighten you via the words of Sweets Workshop…
Posted in Opening (old) | Comments OffAnneli Olander – Girls and Ghosts @ Friends of Leon
HRAFN (raven) - Anneli Olander (detail)
It Fashion Week in Sydney so it’s not a huge surprise that Friends of Leon is buzzing. The gallery prides itself on its ties with fasion and illustration and has once again brought a world leading female illustrator to our shores.
Posted in Opening (old) | 1 Comment »PETRO – Too Big To Be Human @ China Heights
BIG night at China Heights last week with the opening of PETRO’s solo show “Too Big To Be Human”. The man is a graffiti writer, illustrator,sculptor, installation artist and photographer and we are sure he’d go ahead and try anything else you threw at him.
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